Europe | The guns do the talking
Renewed fighting in the Caucasus shows Russia’s waning influence
Nature abhors a vacuum
Azerbaijan must have reasoned that a new offensive against Armenia, which it beat in a war over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh two years ago, would force its neighbour to make new concessions.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The guns do the talking”
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